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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) USSR President Konstantin Chernenko's interview with "Washington Post" and implications for US-USSR relations examined; Syrian President Hafez al-Assad mentioned visiting Moscow at present. Films, photos shown. Chernenko's comments on arms control negotiations, space weapons, nuclear freeze outlined on screen, discussed; significance of interview's timing in relationship to US presidential election debate on foreign policy considered. Soviet media's analysis of first debate between Walter Mondale and President Reagan noted. [Soviet SPOKESPERSON - doesn't think mentality of some in United States regarding Russia is fair; remarks transcribed on screen.]
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
(DC) Reagan administration's reaction to interview examined; President mentioned not commenting directly. [Secretary of State George SHULTZ - is always interested in stmts. by Kremlin hierarchy.] [Deputy press secretary Larry SPEAKES - claims US will be ready for concrete exchanges when USSR is.] [Vice President George BUSH - considers tone of Chernenko's rhetoric important.] Mondale's written statement reported; policy differences between Mondale and Reagan on points raised by Chernenko noted.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger reported announcing Israel would rec US technology necessary for new jet fighter and sale of United States submarines; size of US purchase of Israeli military goods mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) CIA manual for anti-Nicaraguan guerrillas on tactics of terrorism reported confirmed by Congress Intelligence Committee; document's instructions to terrorist guerrillas quoted on screen, discussed. [Former national security assistant Morton HALPERIN - notes manual promotes assassinations.] [Guerrilla spokesperson Bosco MATAMOROS - claims guerrillas condemn assassination, terrorism, political murder.] CIA recommendations for assassinations said violating President's executive order. [Representative Thomas DOWNEY - opposes his government promoting such tactics.] [Sandinista spokesperson Saul ARANA - feels document is cruel illustration of depth of CIA involvement against Nicaragua.] Current status of war mentioned; chairperson of House Intelligence Committee's reaction to CIA manual noted comparing it to agency's mining of Nicaraguan harbor.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) British officials said identification mastermind of Friday's attempted IRA (Irish Republican Army) bomb assassination of Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Canadian General Motors workers reported striking; possible impact on United States plants and related inds. noted. Details given, films shown
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) executive council reported approving tentative contract agreement with Ford; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) September hsing. starts and interpretation of figures by Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige reported; building permits for same period mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Collision of Amtrak and Conrail trains near Stamford, Connecticut, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Latest outbreaks of prison violence nationwide listed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Dallas, Texas) Extensive violence in Texas prison system examined; films shown. State said having highest rate of inmate death in nation [INMATE - describes psychological impact on prisoners.] History of violence in Texas prison system, by guards as well as inmates, reviewed. [INMATE - preferred former system.] System's training program for guards described. [State board of prisons spokesperson Robert GUNN - feels state is in difficult phase; explains.] [INMATE - doesn't think authorities can control situation.]
REPORTER: Martha Teichner
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(Studio) Caroline Kennedy reported denying presence in David Kennedy's Florida hotel room immediately prior to his death 6 mos. ago; investigators noted wanting to question her and other Kennedy family members Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Arthur Rudolph, designer of Saturn V rocket, reported leaving United States and renouncing his American citizenship to avoid prosecution for Nazi war crimes; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Nobel prize for chemistry reported awarded River Bruce Merrifield, for physics, Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami Beach, Florida) Medicare's experimentation with health maintenance orgs. (HMOs) for providing low cost medical care to the elderly examined; TV commercials shown. Econs. involved outlined. [Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret HECKLER - supports concept.] [Representative Larry SMITH - cites potential for major catastrophe under HMO plan.] [WITNESS - describes scene critical of HMOs.] Focus of criticism of HMOs in Florida outlined, discussed. [Helen SPOSA - claims medical treatment was denied father-in-law, Lewis Sposa, by HMO.] Circumstances surrounding Lewis Sposa's death under treatment by International Med. Ctrs. (IMC) reviewed; IMC's delay in admitting Sposa to hospital until family agreed to bear financial burden despite its advertised promise of no cost for such treatments described. [Helen SPOSA - felt they had no choice.] [IMC spokesperson Dr. Jay SANDERS - denies Sposa's situation is IMC's policy.] State and fed. authorities reported investigating Florida's HMOs. [HECKLER - won't resist expanding HMOs nationwide despite Florida's experience.]
REPORTER: Jane Bryant Quinn
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(Studio) Death of-former child actress Peggy Ann Garner reported; her career in "Little Miss Thoroughbred, Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and special Oscar for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" recalled. Scenes of last shown courtesy 20th Century Fox.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) "The Nation" magazine reported claiming Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Joint Chiefs of Staff favored pulling Marines out of Beirut just days prior to terrorist bombing of their headquarters there last year, with Secretary of State George Shultz and national security adviser Robert McFarlane opposing withdrawal; magazine mentioned also alleging CIA intelligence data predicting terrorist attack against Marines.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Pike County, Kentucky) Incr. popularity of satellite dish antennas in rural US examined; films shown. [Dealer Bill RAMEY - acknowledges business is good.] [Millard SLOAN - explains willingness to invest in satellite dish.] [Jerry AKERS - marvels at number channels available to him now.] Opposition to satellite dishes by Home Box Ofc. and other cable owners noted.
REPORTER: Jim McManus
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